The Blue Big Band, Swampscott’s community jazz orchestra, will perform Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s Far East Suite this Sunday, April 12, at 2 p.m. at Swampscott Auditorium, 200 Essex St.

Recent performances by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s and the Philadelphia Orchestra offered music by Duke Ellington and John ...

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra plays Duke Ellington's most iconic tunes. In celebration of the great pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington, Boston's Aardvark Jazz Orchestra plays some of his most iconic ...

Twenty-one years ago the Duke Ellington Orchestra sold out two back-to-back shows in Atwood Concert Hall. This weekend they return with a bunch of the same evergreen tunes and some of the same players ...

Experience an evening of elegance, passion, and timeless jazz with the CJRO big band on Saturday, January 31 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arvada Center. This concert celebrates the romantic side of Duke ...

Before the Duke Ellington Orchestra heads to China and Japan, it will perform at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center, 2021 State St., Bettendorf. The orchestra is the ...

Most people have heard Duke Ellington’s music. But for some — like Scott O’Neil, Associate Conductor of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra — Ellington’s lure is much more personal. “My father was a ...

Founded in 1964 under the name Berliner Jazztage, Jazzfest Berlin is one of Europe's oldest and most renowned jazz festivals. In 1969, on the occasion of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday, it welcomed ...

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